If you’re looking for creative project ideas for your high school English students, look no further. Get ready for serious engagement when you try out the project options in this post, all designed to immediately engage your students around any text. #ela

A blog about teaching middle school ELA and math.

Want to invest in relationships with your students while also building the ELA skills that matter for your course? Try one of these five creative projects.

Book reports and summaries are a thing of the past. Engage your middle and high school students with five book report alternatives that will leave them asking for more and, most importantly, building vital reading and analysis skills along the way. 1. Assign one pagers at the end of a novel. One pagers are engaging, allow for creativity, and lead to higher level thinking and analysis. Assigning a one pager is easy and works for any novel. Follow these simple guidelines: • Make it standards…

Hello Friends!! Happy Memorial Day weekend, the official start to the summer season here at the Jersey shore!!As excited as I am, we still have about three and half weeks left in this school year

This past school year was a great one. With every school year that passes, I like to take a moment and reflect on activities that were successful in the

Learn how to implement a rigorous and engaging character analysis puzzle project in your middle school or high school ELA classroom.

At the end of each novel I teach, I like to have my students participate in some sort of culminating literary analysis project that allows me to assess their

Learn why one-pagers are one of my go-to activities for breaking down complex topics and texts. Understand what they are, why you and your students will love them, and how to implement them in your ELA classroom. I even have the advice to help you tackle the biggest obstacle you’ll encounter with this activity.

Tired of the same old end of the year activities for middle school language arts? Try these 16 unconventional middle school ELA activities that will challenge your students’ critical and creative thinking. From creating a magazine to designing an interactive exhibit – these creative final project ideas will help you spice things up in your ELA classes!